[WiX-users] Best practice for combined 32/64bit installer
Hi guys, We have recently developed a 64-bit version of our Microsoft Office plugin (now that 2010 comes in both flavours), and would like to distribute a single installer that installs the correct feature, based upon whether the user's installation of Office is 32 or 64 bit. Aside from a bootstrapper that runs the correct MSI, is there some accepted practice for achieving this with a single MSI? I had previously believed that it was [not possible/bad form] to make a 32bit installer install 64 bit binaries, and vice versa... Thanks! Adam Langley Senior Developer -- 10 Tips for Better Web Security Learn 10 ways to better secure your business today. Topics covered include: Web security, SSL, hacker attacks Denial of Service (DoS), private keys, security Microsoft Exchange, secure Instant Messaging, and much more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426210/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WixUICostingPopupOptOut and build 3.5.2325.0
I would assume that the error 'is declared more than once' is because the new release fixes the bug by including the declaration by default. Adam Langley Senior Developer +64 9 486 9010 +64 21 884400 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com Please consider the environment before printing this email! -Original Message- From: Sharad Patel [mailto:spa...@winscribe.com] Sent: Monday, 29 November 2010 4:04 p.m. To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] WixUICostingPopupOptOut and build 3.5.2325.0 Hi everyone, We have been using an old 3.5 beta build (v3.5.2030.0) for a while now without any big issues. Our projects are mostly in VS2008, VS210 and build automation is with TFS2010. For a long time we were suffering from the random Please wait... dialog issue which was worked around by adding the 'WixUICostingPopupOptOut' property as suggested by Bob Arnson in his blog (http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/05/20/its-time-to-experiment/). However, after upgrading from v3.5.2030.0 to the escrow release v3.5.2325.0 we started getting the following error in our builds... C:\delivery\Dev\wix35_public\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\Common.wxs(21): error LGHT0195: The Windows Installer XML variable 'WixUICostingPopupOptOut' is declared in more than one location. Please remove one of the declarations. [C:\Builds\Setup.wixproj] For now we have commented out the 'WixUICostingPopupOptOut' property and the error has gone away but I'm not sure if the Please wait... bug is going to come back now. Does anyone know if there is an alternate way to opt-out of the costing dialog that works in the escrow release? Or is that property not necessary anymore? Thanks in advance. Sharad Patel [Apologies if this message appears twice. I got an error from the mailer the first time I sent it.] -- Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Reading Assembly Information
This is something that I have actually done a fair bit of recently. You can use AssemblyName name = AssemblyName.Load(string assemblyFile) to retrieve the strong-name attributes of an assembly. The runtime will load the DLL temporarily, then release it immediately. However, I far prefer to go the route of avoiding 'loading' DLLs at all - STAY AWAY from reflection unless you intend to actually late-bind to your loaded DLLs. Reflection has far too many requirements to satisfy, if you only intend to read some information from the DLL. Remember, that reflection was designed for EXECUTING MSIL code dynamically, yes you can read all sorts of data out of the DLL, but in my opinion it's overkill. My preferred approach is to treat the DLL as a data document, and read its meta-data using a library that understands the format of MSIL. Microsoft has a library for doing just this: Microsoft.Cci http://ccimetadata.codeplex.com/ Using this library, you can 'read' the DLL into an extremely descriptive object-model, and obtain any information from it that you desire (even more information that you can with reflection). One of the big advantages of this, is that because the DLL is NOT LOADED FOR BINDING, it doesn't need any of its dependencies (AssemblyName.Load doesnt either however...), and even more importantly - the DLL can have been built for a later version of the .net runtime, or different processor architecture! So, if your application is .net2, and it is given a .net4 assembly, you can still read out all the metadata, and present a nice error message which includes all your assembly-name information, and mention that it was built for an incompatible version of the .net framework (or however you want to handle it). If you use AssemblyName.Load, or Assembly reflection, you will get a runtime 'BadImageFormatException'... using Microsoft.Cci is as simple as this: MetadataReaderHost host1 = new PeReader.DefaultHost(); var module = host1.LoadUnitFrom(assemblyPath) as IModule; // grab the publicKeyToken... but you should probably check that PublicKeyToken isnt null, as it may not be strongly named string publicKeyToken = BitConverter.ToString(new Listbyte(module.ContainingAssembly.PublicKeyToken).ToArray()).Replace( -, ).ToLower(); // grab the assembly name string assemblyName = module.ContainingAssembly.Name.Value; // grab the version Version assemblyVersion = module.ContainingAssembly.Version; // grab the culture string assemblyCulture = module.ContainingAssembly.Culture; Note: The MetadataReaderHost used to hold a lock on the assembly until GC collected these objects, but a recent checkin to Microsoft.Cci has implemented IDisposable on MetaDataReaderHost which will clean everything up - nice! Hope this helps. Adam Langley Senior Developer +64 9 486 9010 +64 21 884400 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: pcristini [mailto:pcrist...@paretoplatform.com] Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2010 9:24 a.m. To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Reading Assembly Information I'm looking to read information about an assembly (version, culture, publickey, etc) from an assembly, and store those values in properties which will then be added to the application's config file. I'm going to be producing elements like this: Plugin name=UserManager assembly=Plugin.Users, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=9d04a1dca2c654ed class=Plugin.Users.UserManagerPlugin enabled=true / Is there any solutions out there for this? I've searched around a bit but can't find anything even close to what I'm looking to do. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Reading-As sembly-Information-tp5576754p5576754.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Candle is ignoring preprocessor arguments
It's so weird, we have MSBuild message tasks, outputting the environment variable, and pre-build events outputting the variable, each correctly displaying the value in the build log. If we place the hard-coded path in the pre-processor args list instead of a redirection to the environment var, it works - so yes, the env var is evaluating to empty, why would MSBuild NOT tokenize this argument and replace env vars? It was working for almost a year sooo sooo bizarre. Adam Langley Senior Developer +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com Please consider the environment before printing this email! -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, 9 June 2010 3:43 p.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Candle is ignoring preprocessor arguments The value must be evaluating to blank because it would be failing if the variable was not defined at all. On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Adam Langley alang...@winscribe.com wrote: Argh! We had a fully functional build server (TFS 2008), creating our installers, then on Friday the builds just started turning red. The problem seems to be, we pass variables to candle, which defines the root folder for all content file locations: e.g. (truncated) C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe -dTasks=D:\TFSBuild\Temp\Product\Installers_v1.0_Trunk\Sources\Tasks\ This is then used in the source files like this File Name=NLog.dll Source=$(var.Tasks)\_PublishedWebsites\EmailRelay\bin\NLog.dll Vital=yes / And we're getting file with path, \_PublishedWebsites\EmailRelay\bin\NLog.dll, not found from light.exe. I looked at the .obj file generated by candle.exe, and it turns out that the Source of the file has failed to embed the value of $(var.Tasks) (it has evaluated to empty string), meaning that of course light.exe isnt going to be able to find the source files - the problem lies in candle.exe. Why would candle.exe just start doing this all of a sudden? We havent changed anything in the source files, nor updated our WiX installation. We can SEE that candle is being passed the value on the command-line, but it just FAILS to put it into Source paths! Help! Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com Please consider the environment before printing this email! -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Candle is ignoring preprocessor arguments
Argh! We had a fully functional build server (TFS 2008), creating our installers, then on Friday the builds just started turning red. The problem seems to be, we pass variables to candle, which defines the root folder for all content file locations: e.g. (truncated) C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe -dTasks=D:\TFSBuild\Temp\Product\Installers_v1.0_Trunk\Sources\Tasks\ This is then used in the source files like this File Name=NLog.dll Source=$(var.Tasks)\_PublishedWebsites\EmailRelay\bin\NLog.dll Vital=yes / And we're getting file with path, \_PublishedWebsites\EmailRelay\bin\NLog.dll, not found from light.exe. I looked at the .obj file generated by candle.exe, and it turns out that the Source of the file has failed to embed the value of $(var.Tasks) (it has evaluated to empty string), meaning that of course light.exe isnt going to be able to find the source files - the problem lies in candle.exe. Why would candle.exe just start doing this all of a sudden? We havent changed anything in the source files, nor updated our WiX installation. We can SEE that candle is being passed the value on the command-line, but it just FAILS to put it into Source paths! Help! Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com Please consider the environment before printing this email! -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory
I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in the target-directory, at the end of the install. What is weird is that the path is correctly evaluated in my logging messages, but when I use the path to open a file, it says FILE NOT FOUND, even though I KNOW the file is there. I put in some extra logging, to enumerate the contents of the folder to prove that the file DOES exist, and I got this surprising result: CustomActionData: APPCONFIGPATH = C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config SECTIONTOENCRYPT = secureAppSettings Attempting to load 'C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config', to encrypt section 'secureAppSettings'. Configuration file 'C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config' was not found, have you scheduled the CA to execute after files are installed? Enumerating files in 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller\3.0. 0.0__ce35f76fcda82bad'... - Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll As you can see, I am enumerating my target folder, but as soon as I start operating on the filesystem (such as Directory.GetFiles()), the .net runtime resolves all my queries to the GAC path where Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll lives!!! What is up with that? Why am I being sandboxed like this?? -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory
I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in the target-directory, at the end of the install. What is weird is that the path is correctly evaluated in my logging messages, but when I use the path to open a file, it says FILE NOT FOUND, even though I KNOW the file is there. I put in some extra logging, to enumerate the contents of the folder to prove that the file DOES exist, and I got this surprising result: CustomActionData: APPCONFIGPATH = C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config SECTIONTOENCRYPT = secureAppSettings Attempting to load 'C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config', to encrypt section 'secureAppSettings'. Configuration file 'C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config' was not found, have you scheduled the CA to execute after files are installed? Enumerating files in 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller\3.0.0.0__ce35f76fcda82bad'... - Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll As you can see, I am enumerating my target folder, but as soon as I start operating on the filesystem (such as Directory.GetFiles()), the .net runtime resolves all my queries to the GAC path where Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll lives!!! What is up with that? Why am I being sandboxed like this?? -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory
I found the problem. I had to expand my properties (session.Format(string)) during my immediate CA, so that the deferred CA gets the actual path values, not the path 'tokens'. Adam Langley Please consider the environment before printing this email! -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2010 3:35 p.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in the target-directory, at the end of the install. What is weird is that the path is correctly evaluated in my logging messages, but when I use the path to open a file, it says FILE NOT FOUND, even though I KNOW the file is there. I put in some extra logging, to enumerate the contents of the folder to prove that the file DOES exist, and I got this surprising result: CustomActionData: APPCONFIGPATH = C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config SECTIONTOENCRYPT = secureAppSettings Attempting to load 'C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config', to encrypt section 'secureAppSettings'. Configuration file 'C:\Program Files\Company\Client\Client.Windows.exe.config' was not found, have you scheduled the CA to execute after files are installed? Enumerating files in 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller\3.0.0.0__ce35f76fcda82bad'... - Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll As you can see, I am enumerating my target folder, but as soon as I start operating on the filesystem (such as Directory.GetFiles()), the .net runtime resolves all my queries to the GAC path where Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll lives!!! What is up with that? Why am I being sandboxed like this?? -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Deploying SSRS reports using Wix Installer.
Aha! Put them in a folder and tell the user to upload them. Sad, but true. -Original Message- From: Sachin Dubey [mailto:sachin.du...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 12:29 p.m. To: Wix Users Subject: [WiX-users] Deploying SSRS reports using Wix Installer. Hi All, What is the best way to deploy SSRS reports using WiX 3.0 installer? Thanks Sachin! _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Building Votive
I would like to add some functionality to Votive (3.5 codebase), yet I am finding it rather difficult getting it to build in Visual Studio 2008. Is the environment setup documented anywhere? Thanks Adam Langley -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Building Votive
Fantastic, Thanks Neil, I'll check this out. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2010 9:38 a.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Building Votive This documents what you need for 3.0, it might help: http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-create-wix-build-mach ine.html. The other thing to watch is that the last time I checked the CVS source didn't contain the binary files saved correctly. Neil -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: 06 January 2010 20:25 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Building Votive I would like to add some functionality to Votive (3.5 codebase), yet I am finding it rather difficult getting it to build in Visual Studio 2008. Is the environment setup documented anywhere? Thanks Adam Langley -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Registry preprocessor instruction uses 64-bit registry
I have a wix installer which collects some of its content files from installed program-files. For example, we use NLog, and the installer collects the DLL from the NLog install location. We minimize configuration by searching the registry for the location where NLog is installed, then using that value to populate a preprocessor variable, which is then used in the WiX XML. So, on our wix build properties tab, the 'define preprocessor variables' textbox looks like this: NLogInstallationPath=$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.N ETFramework\v2.0.50727\AssemblyFoldersEx\NLog); Then, the actual WiX Xml looks like this: File Id=DiagnosticsNLog Name=NLog.dll Source=$(var.NLogInstallationPath)\NLog.dll Vital=yes / This works really nicely, on a 32-bit machine. It seems that on a 64-bit machine, even though Visual Studio is running in 32-bit emulation-mode, the 64-bit hive is being used (I assume MSBuild is being triggered in a native process, i.e. 64-bit shell), and under that hive, the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50727\Assembly FoldersEx does not exist. instead - one must search the 32-bit sub-tree, which is this location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50 727\AssemblyFoldersEx To overcome this, I created TWO 'defines', one for 32-bit, and one for 64-bit (one of which will always be empty), then the WiX becomes this: ?if $(env.PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE) = AMD64 ? File Id=DiagnosticsNLog Name=NLog.dll Source=$(var.NLog64InstallationPath)\NLog.dll Vital=yes / ?else? File Id=DiagnosticsNLog Name=NLog.dll Source=$(var.NLogInstallationPath)\NLog.dll Vital=yes / ?endif? Is this the correct way to achieve what I want (it does work), or is there a functionality/syntax that I am unaware of for taking care of this dilemma? Thanks! Adam Langley -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Is it still a bad idea to rename your MSI files?
We are currently considering a convention for file-naming, to assist in tracking our numerous installers, and the many versions thereof. I recall some time ago being told that renaming an MSI will break some features - and also read this: http://blogs.adobe.com/simplicity/2007/05/dont_rename_that_msi.html Is this still the case, and how are other people handling naming in these situations? Thanks Adam Langley -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The ResolveNonMSBuildProjectOutput task was notfound
Aha! Just saw this... Setting the ToolsVersion fixes the first issue, but leaves me with a bunch of ICE errors, which I've never had before light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE08'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. . light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE09'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. . light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE32'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. . light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE61'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. . Adam Langley Senior Developer +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com Please consider the environment before printing this email! -Original Message- From: gree...@cox.net [mailto:gree...@cox.net] Sent: Tuesday, 19 May 2009 2:06 a.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Cc: Bob Arnson Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The ResolveNonMSBuildProjectOutput task was notfound If you want to build the project, manually go in and set the ToolsVersion attribute to 3.5 of the Project tag in the votive project (.wixproj) file. This task is in MSBuild 3.5, not 2.0. I had the same problem. I tried to send the same message earlier, but Cox munched my email. I hope this is not a second one for the same thread. Regards, greenaj Bob Arnson b...@joyofsetup.com wrote: David Gardiner wrote: At a guess, I'd say it might be related to the changes made for bug 2786736 Agreed. I reopened the bug. Can you attach a /v:diag log of a command-line MSBuild run? I suspect MSBuildToolsVersion is a value I didn't expect. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] The ResolveNonMSBuildProjectOutput task was not found
Hi All, Just today all of my wix projects started failing to build. I am not aware of any new installation which could have affected this. I have re-installed VS AND WiX, and still the problem remains. C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets(789,5): error MSB4036: The ResolveNonMSBuildProjectOutput task was not found. Check the following: 1.) The name of the task in the project file is the same as the name of the task class. 2.) The task class is public and implements the Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask interface. 3.) The task is correctly declared with UsingTask in the project file, or in the *.tasks files located in the c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 directory. Does anybody have any clue why this might be happening? It just started spontaneously, and affects ALL WiX projects that previously built fine (i.e. it has nothing to do with my WiX, but something underlying, like in MSBuild). My GAC contains all the Microsoft.Build.Tasks assemblies that I would expect it to... Thanks!! Adam -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] extracting wix xml from wixlibs
Hi, I am writing a tool to make it easier to create custom WiX dialogs, can someone tell me how I would go about extracting the wix dialog files (i.e. WelcomeDlg.wxs) from the UI wixlib? I realise that I could just obtain these files from the source code, but I don't want to have to require our team members to extract the source code when the WiX binaries are already on the system... Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] votive causing massive pauses in Visual Studio
Aha! Absolutely: WiX/Votive: 3.0.4721.0 Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 Also, we don't have any C++ projects in the solution - and my machine (Vista SP1/VS2008SP2/Wix 4207) doesn't exhibit these problems (they still had the problem before they upgraded from this version)... Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: Phil Sayers [mailto:p...@cds-am.net] Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2009 1:29 a.m. To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] votive causing massive pauses in Visual Studio I don't have a solution for you, but I know that the smarter people here will want to know the versions of the tools you are using. [1]wix/votive [2]visual studio edition service pack level. [3]operating system service pack level. -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] votive causing massive pauses in Visual Studio Hi, We are using WiX in solutions with 15-20 projects, including 4 WiX projects. On 2 of our machines, one is XP and one is Vista32, Visual Studio hogs 50% of the CPU for about 4 minutes after startup, then on the Vista machine the text editor pauses for about a second on every operation (in _any_ file, C#, Xml etc) such as keypresses and mouse clicks. Unloading the WiX projects fixes the key-press pause, and uninstalling WiX (Votive) fixes everything else... Has anyone else experienced this problem? Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] votive causing massive pauses in Visual Studio
Hi, We are using WiX in solutions with 15-20 projects, including 4 WiX projects. On 2 of our machines, one is XP and one is Vista32, Visual Studio hogs 50% of the CPU for about 4 minutes after startup, then on the Vista machine the text editor pauses for about a second on every operation (in _any_ file, C#, Xml etc) such as keypresses and mouse clicks. Unloading the WiX projects fixes the key-press pause, and uninstalling WiX (Votive) fixes everything else... Has anyone else experienced this problem? Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic
Hey, Im grasping at staws too, so its all I can ask... Should this really be a problem if the CA is running in 'check' mode (synchronous)? Also, wouldn't this consistently fail to remove the folder if it were a sequencing problem? I'm not sure if I can put the CA invocation earlier in the InstallExecuteSequence... This is what I have... CustomAction Id=InstallFFDShow BinaryKey=ffdshow.exe ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT /Dir=quot;[INSTALLLOCATION]ffdshow\quot; /loadinf=quot;[INSTALLLOCATION]ffdshow.infquot; Execute=deferred Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=RollbackInstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWROLLBACKPATH Execute=rollback ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=UninstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Execute=deferred ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=InstallFFDShow After=InstallFiles![CDATA[ $ProductComponent 2 ]]/Custom Custom Action=RollbackInstallFFDShow Before=InstallFFDShow1/Custom Custom Action=UninstallFFDShow Before=RemoveFilesFFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND ![CDATA[ $ProductComponent = 2 ]]/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: Jim Williams [mailto:jimwilliam...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, 18 March 2009 10:40 a.m. To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic I'm just grasping at straws here, but could it be that in the instances where the folder doesn't get removed, that the folder was still considered in use from the process that did the file deletions for the CA, and the folder removal is attempted before the CA process was completely ended and released the folder. Can you move your CA earlier in the sequence before RemoveFiles to try and alleviate the problem? Jim Williams -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic Its Synchronous, as it checks the return result... Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: Jim Williams [mailto:jimwilliam...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, 17 March 2009 4:41 p.m. To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic Is your custom action synchronous or asynchronous? If asynchronous, perhaps your custom action isn't finishing in time before the attempt to delete the folders is done. Jim Williams -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 7:35 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic I have a WiX generated installer which copies some simple files into a directory structure under ProgramFiles. The issue is, _sometimes_ (about 50% of the time), uninstallation fails to remove these folders - with no errors in the log file. My WiX looks like this: Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Directory Id=CompanyFolder Name=Company Folder Directory Id=INSTALLLOCATION Name=Application Folder Component Id=ProductComponent Guid=GUID With only files underneath. The only slightly out of the ordinary thing that I am doing is running an exe installer as a CA which extracts files within this directory structure aswell - however there is an equivalent uninstall custom action which removes all these files before the MSI tries to delete anything from the system. I end up with an empty folder structure: C:\Program Files\Company Folder\Application Folder\ Remaining on my system, about 50% of the time. Can anyone point out why this might be happening? Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based
[WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic
I have a WiX generated installer which copies some simple files into a directory structure under ProgramFiles. The issue is, _sometimes_ (about 50% of the time), uninstallation fails to remove these folders - with no errors in the log file. My WiX looks like this: Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Directory Id=CompanyFolder Name=Company Folder Directory Id=INSTALLLOCATION Name=Application Folder Component Id=ProductComponent Guid=GUID With only files underneath. The only slightly out of the ordinary thing that I am doing is running an exe installer as a CA which extracts files within this directory structure aswell - however there is an equivalent uninstall custom action which removes all these files before the MSI tries to delete anything from the system. I end up with an empty folder structure: C:\Program Files\Company Folder\Application Folder\ Remaining on my system, about 50% of the time. Can anyone point out why this might be happening? Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit
Thanks Rob, I do handle uninstall, but not uninstall-rollback (that will be next on the list). So do I want something like this? (I assume that you are referring to the installation action as the execution action, which in my case is InstallFFDShow) CustomAction Id=InstallFFDShow BinaryKey=ffdshow.exe ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT /loadinf=quot;ffdshow.infquot; Execute=deferred Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=RollbackInstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Execute=rollback ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=UninstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Execute=deferred ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=InstallFFDShow After=InstallFiles![CDATA[ $ProductComponent 2 ]]/Custom Custom Action=RollbackInstallFFDShow Before= InstallFFDShow ![CDATA[ $ProductComponent 2 ]]/Custom Custom Action=UninstallFFDShow Before=InstallFinalizeFFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND ![CDATA[ $ProductComponent = 2 ]]/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence My 'condition' for install-rollback is the same as for my install action, I assume that is correct, that when an install is rolled back the component still has the same install-status (2)? Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, 16 January 2009 5:05 a.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit You need to mark the rollback action @Execute=rollback and make sure it is scheduled *before* the execution action. Also, make sure your condition on your rollback action is correct. Also, do you handle uninstall and uninstall rollback? -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 20:59 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit I have a vustom action which installs some 3rd party tools... CustomAction Id=InstallFFDShow BinaryKey=ffdshow.exe ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT /loadinf=quot;ffdshow.infquot; Execute=deferred Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=UninstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Execute=deferred ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=InstallFFDShow After=InstallFiles![CDATA[ $ProductComponent 2 ]]/Custom Custom Action=UninstallFFDShow Before=InstallFinalizeFFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND ![CDATA[ $ProductComponent = 2 ]]/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence This works well, on install it runs the ffdshow.exe, and on uninstall it runs the ffdshow uninstaller (FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH is an exe located via the registry). My question is: How do I get the UninstallFFDShow to run during rollback? Currently, if there is an exception causing a failure to commit (such as is simulated by the FailInstallFromCommitCustomAction.msm), there is nothing to run the ffdshow uninstaller. What do I put in to do this? I tried adding another Custom tag, which ran After=RemoveFiles, but this did nothing... Can anyone give me an example? Thanks Adam -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit
Fantastic! Thant works perfectly, thank you Rob. I had to hard-code the location of the uninstaller on the target machine, however, because it is normally 'discovered' during uninstall: Property Id=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLER RegistrySearch Id=FFDShowRegKey Root=HKLM Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ffdshow_is1 Name=InstallLocation Type=raw / /Property !-- Find the FFDShow Uninstaller executable on the target system. This is used to remove -- Property Id=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Secure=yes DirectorySearch Id=FFDShowPath Path=[FFDSHOWUNINSTALLER] FileSearch Name=unins000.exe/ /DirectorySearch /Property This works find during UNINSTALL, but during the install-rollback, this has already been evaluated and returned 'empty' because at install, the 'uninstaller' doesn't yet exist at the searched location. How, if its possible, can I force the installer to _re-evaluate_ this registry-search and directory-search, _before_ the roll-back custom action (or at least after 'InstallFiles'), so that the Property FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH is available for my CA with the correct location of the uninstaller? Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, 16 January 2009 9:52 a.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit That looks much closer. Your last statement isn't _quite_ correct. The deferred actions (rollback actions are deferred) are scheduled in the first pass of the Windows Installer. That's when the condition is evaluated and that's why the rollback action always (almost?) has the same condition as the forward action. The actions are executed during the execution second pass and if they weren't scheduled they don't exist. smile/ -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:13 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit Thanks Rob, I do handle uninstall, but not uninstall-rollback (that will be next on the list). So do I want something like this? (I assume that you are referring to the installation action as the execution action, which in my case is InstallFFDShow) CustomAction Id=InstallFFDShow BinaryKey=ffdshow.exe ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT /loadinf=quot;ffdshow.infquot; Execute=deferred Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=RollbackInstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Execute=rollback ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=UninstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Execute=deferred ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=InstallFFDShow After=InstallFiles![CDATA[ $ProductComponent 2 ]]/Custom Custom Action=RollbackInstallFFDShow Before= InstallFFDShow ![CDATA[ $ProductComponent 2 ]]/Custom Custom Action=UninstallFFDShow Before=InstallFinalizeFFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND ![CDATA[ $ProductComponent = 2 ]]/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence My 'condition' for install-rollback is the same as for my install action, I assume that is correct, that when an install is rolled back the component still has the same install-status (2)? Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, 16 January 2009 5:05 a.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit You need to mark the rollback action @Execute=rollback and make sure it is scheduled *before* the execution action. Also, make sure your condition on your rollback action is correct. Also, do you handle uninstall and uninstall rollback? -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 20:59 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit I have a vustom action which installs some 3rd party tools... CustomAction Id=InstallFFDShow BinaryKey=ffdshow.exe ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT /loadinf=quot;ffdshow.infquot; Execute=deferred Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=UninstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Execute=deferred ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=InstallFFDShow After=InstallFiles![CDATA[ $ProductComponent 2 ]]/Custom Custom Action=UninstallFFDShow Before=InstallFinalizeFFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND ![CDATA[ $ProductComponent = 2 ]]/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence This works well
Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit
Thank you Rob, and Richard, that fixed my issues. Regards, Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: Richard [mailto:legal...@xmission.com] Sent: Friday, 16 January 2009 10:55 a.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit In article de33023b477fe44eaa71983f5279f6ce50fc456...@na-exmsg-c102.redmond.corp.microsoft.com, Rob Mensching rob.mensch...@microsoft.com writes: That looks much closer. Your last statement isn't _quite_ correct. The defe rred actions (rollback actions are deferred) are scheduled in the first pass of the Windows Installer. That's when the condition is evaluated and that's wh y the rollback action always (almost?) has the same condition as the forward action. The actions are executed during the execution second pass and if the y weren't scheduled they don't exist. When I first started supporting rollback on my custom actions, I concluded that you *always* want the rollback custom action to have the same condition as the custom action. Otherwise, there's a chance you could get one and not both. They always go together. Also, you need to make sure that the rollback custom action is always sequenced before the custom action it rolls back. Why? Because otherwise, you could have the custom action run without its rollback action being available. To enforce this relationship, we adopted a naming convention for custom actions like VendorXXX and for rollback custom actions VendorXXXRollback. Then I wrote an ICE that checked that the conditions between VendorXXX and VendorXXXRollback were consistent and that VendorXXXRollback was sequenced before VendorXXX. (We used a prefix that represented our company name, but I'm using the generic text 'Vendor' here, but you get the idea.) -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html Legalize Adulthood! http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/ -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Custom rollback action needs to fire BEFORE remove files...
In the same vein as my previous question... My installer copies a file onto the target system, which is a windows service, however, its a 3rd party exe, and cannot be installed using the typical WiX method - it must be executed with /service as an argument. This works. However, my rollback custom action is getting fired AFTER the file is removed from the system, which is obviously a problem, because the file must be executed with /unregserver to clean up after itself. Why is this happening? This is my WiX CustomAction Id=RegisterService FileKey=olydvrsv.exe ExeCommand=/Service Execute=deferred Impersonate=no / CustomAction Id=RollbackRegisterService FileKey=olydvrsv.exe ExeCommand=/unregserver Execute=rollback Impersonate=no / Custom Action=RegisterService After=InstallFiles1/Custom Custom Action=RollbackRegisterService Before=InstallFiles1/Custom The install logs say: MSI (s) (B0:D4) [18:22:48:465]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=RollbackRegisterService,,) MSI (s) (B0:D4) [18:22:48:475]: Executing op: CustomActionRollback(Action=RollbackRegisterService,ActionType=3346,Source=C:\Program Files\Common Files\olydvrsv.exe,Target=/unregserver,) MSI (s) (B0:D4) [18:22:48:475]: Note: 1: 1721 2: RollbackRegisterService 3: C:\Program Files\Common Files\olydvrsv.exe 4: /unregserver MSI (s) (B0:D4) [18:22:48:475]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (B0:D4) [18:22:48:475]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1721 Info 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: RollbackRegisterService, location: C:\Program Files\Common Files\olydvrsv.exe, command: /unregserver .. which makes sense, because its preceded by this (note the time stamps): MSI (s) (B0:D4) [18:22:47:434]: Executing op: FileRemove(,FileName=C:\Program Files\Common Files\olydvrsv.exe,,) So, the file is removed BEFORE the rollback custom action is fired - which is the wrong way around. How can I get this the right way around? Thanks! Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit
I have a vustom action which installs some 3rd party tools... CustomAction Id=InstallFFDShow BinaryKey=ffdshow.exe ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT /loadinf=quot;ffdshow.infquot; Execute=deferred Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / CustomAction Id=UninstallFFDShow Property=FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH Execute=deferred ExeCommand=/VERYSILENT Impersonate=no HideTarget=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=InstallFFDShow After=InstallFiles![CDATA[ $ProductComponent 2 ]]/Custom Custom Action=UninstallFFDShow Before=InstallFinalizeFFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND ![CDATA[ $ProductComponent = 2 ]]/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence This works well, on install it runs the ffdshow.exe, and on uninstall it runs the ffdshow uninstaller (FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH is an exe located via the registry). My question is: How do I get the UninstallFFDShow to run during rollback? Currently, if there is an exception causing a failure to commit (such as is simulated by the FailInstallFromCommitCustomAction.msm), there is nothing to run the ffdshow uninstaller. What do I put in to do this? I tried adding another Custom tag, which ran After=RemoveFiles, but this did nothing... Can anyone give me an example? Thanks Adam -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files
Hi, I have created a simple merge module using WiX and have a simple problem. Probably an obvious solution as well. Files that are specified within the TARGETDIR directory are correctly removed upon uninstall, however, under that folder I have: Directory Id=CommonFilesFolder ..which contains some folders and files, these are not being removed upon uninstall. Why is that, and how can I get them to be removed (remembering that they need to Be reference counted so they aren't uninstalled if they already existed)... This folder is essential because I need to put some shared files into c:\program files\common files\ (AKA CommonFilesFolder). Thanks! Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files
Thanks Rob, Just curious, I couldn't find any documentation on this - in a wix MSI, features contain components, and that defines which components are actually installed. In a WiX Merge, there is no concept of a 'feature', so what _is_ included? ALL defined components? Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, 13 January 2009 1:52 p.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files Verbose log file should show you the Components being uninstalled. That's the place to start. -Original Message- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 16:21 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files Hi, I have created a simple merge module using WiX and have a simple problem. Probably an obvious solution as well. Files that are specified within the TARGETDIR directory are correctly removed upon uninstall, however, under that folder I have: Directory Id=CommonFilesFolder ..which contains some folders and files, these are not being removed upon uninstall. Why is that, and how can I get them to be removed (remembering that they need to Be reference counted so they aren't uninstalled if they already existed)... This folder is essential because I need to put some shared files into c:\program files\common files\ (AKA CommonFilesFolder). Thanks! Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] creating a merge module which outputs files to a directory passed from the setup project.
I have created a merge module which needs to use a directory created by the parent installer. The goal is that the merge module will place its output into a folder of a specific ID declared by the parent MSI. I cannot just use fragments because this merge module needs to be used from installshield. Can someone explain how I can reference (from my merge module wix) a directory declared in the parent MSI (which obviously doesn't exist yet, at compile time of the msm). I was hoping something like DirectoryRef was available which deferred its resolution until runtime, but that doesn't be the case. Help, anyone? Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Limited User Account, first-run problem
Hi guys, I have a question that will probably have a simple and obvious answer... I have built a WiX MSI, where registry keys are installed under HKCU, and the application is installed with the administrator account - it is required to run under minimal user privileges. When the 'underprivileged user' starts the application for the first time - Windows Installer must obviously create the HKCU keys for that user. What I don't understand, is that Windows Installer expects to find the MSI in the same location as when it was originally installed - network drive, USB memory etc. This is obviously a problem, when the user does not have access to any of those resources. It was my understanding that the MSI is copied to some system folder, so that Repairs and Changes can be made from Add/Remove programs without needing the original MSI. Why isn't this copy of the MSI also used for setting up the new user? Thanks in advance! Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com - Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] optionally removing AppData folders created by application, during uninstall
Hi guys, I have been battling with this problem for a while. I have a .Net application which saves temporary data into AppData\Roaming\Bookmarks. This folder should not HAVE to be installed by the MSI as the app will create it when needed (but I've gotten to the stage of experimentation where it seems to be easier if it is created by the MSI - the installer seems to not want to remove folders it didn't create, no matter what I do). I want this folder (and all its contents) to be removed at uninstall if REMOVEBOOKMARKS=1 (I have created a custom dialog with a checkbox that lets the user selected during uninstall whether or not to delete these temporary files). If REMOVEBOOKMARKS=0, then I don't want to delete the folder (or its contents), allowing any later installations to pick up these files... My WiX looks something like this: Property Id=REMOVEBOOKMARKS Value=0/ Directory Id=AppDataFolder Directory Id=MyApp Name=MyApp Component Id=RemoveAppData Guid=8C857E65-5EA2-4b0e-BCDA-334F030B1E4A ConditionREMOVEBOOKMARKS = 1/Condition RegistryKey Root=HKCU Key=Software\MyApp\Uninstall\1 RegistryValue Value=MyApp Type=string KeyPath=yes / /RegistryKey CreateFolder / RemoveFolder Id=RemoveAppData On=uninstall / RemoveFile Id=RemoveAppDataFiles Name=* On=uninstall/ /Component Directory Id=Bookmarks Name=Bookmarks Component Id=AddAppDataBookmarks Guid=3494B400-3193-4226-878C-2A4EB1B86456 Permanent=yes ConditionNOT Installed/Condition RegistryKey Root=HKCU Key=Software\MyApp\Uninstall\3 RegistryValue Value=MyApp Type=string KeyPath=yes / /RegistryKey CreateFolder / /Component Component Id=RemoveAppDataBookmarks Guid=3494B400-3193-4226-878C-2A4EB1B86455 ConditionInstalled AND REMOVEBOOKMARKS = 1/Condition RegistryKey Root=HKCU Key=Software\MyApp\Uninstall\3 RegistryValue Value=MyApp Type=string KeyPath=yes / /RegistryKey !--CreateFolder /-- RemoveFolder Id=RemoveAppDataBookmarks On=uninstall/ RemoveFile Id=RemoveAppDataBookmarksFiles Name=* On=uninstall/ /Component /Directory /Directory /Directory The Bookrmarks folder is the one I want to stay behind if REMOVEBOOKMARKS=0. It seems, no matter what I do, I can't get it to work. If I specify Permanent on the AddAppDataBookmarks component, the NOTHING will remove it. If I DONT specify it, then no matter what I put in the component conditions, it will ALWAYS be removed... How do I set up this sort of behaviour? Thank you in advance... Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] optionally removing AppData folders createdby application, during uninstall
Sure. Its pretty simple - just create your dialog, copy WixUI_Mondo (or one of the other UI sequences if you want), and insert your button publications... Compare my XML below with WixUI_Mondo.wxs and you'll see what I've changed (and inserted)... Adam Langley Senior Developer Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; Fragment UI Id=UI_Mondo TextStyle Id=WixUI_Font_Normal FaceName=Tahoma Size=8 / TextStyle Id=WixUI_Font_Bigger FaceName=Tahoma Size=12 / TextStyle Id=WixUI_Font_Title FaceName=Tahoma Size=9 Bold=yes / Property Id=DefaultUIFont Value=WixUI_Font_Normal / Property Id=WixUI_Mode Value=Mondo / DialogRef Id=ErrorDlg / DialogRef Id=FatalError / DialogRef Id=FilesInUse / DialogRef Id=MsiRMFilesInUse / DialogRef Id=PrepareDlg / DialogRef Id=ProgressDlg / DialogRef Id=ResumeDlg / DialogRef Id=UserExit / Publish Dialog=ExitDialog Control=Finish Event=EndDialog Value=Return Order=9991/Publish Publish Dialog=WelcomeDlg Control=Next Event=NewDialog Value=LicenseAgreementDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=LicenseAgreementDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=WelcomeDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=LicenseAgreementDlg Control=Next Event=NewDialog Value=SetupTypeDlg Order=2LicenseAccepted = 1/Publish Publish Dialog=SetupTypeDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=LicenseAgreementDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=SetupTypeDlg Control=TypicalButton Event=NewDialog Value=VerifyReadyDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=SetupTypeDlg Control=CustomButton Event=NewDialog Value=CustomizeDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=SetupTypeDlg Control=CompleteButton Event=NewDialog Value=VerifyReadyDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=CustomizeDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=MaintenanceTypeDlg Order=1WixUI_InstallMode = Change/Publish Publish Dialog=CustomizeDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=SetupTypeDlg Order=2WixUI_InstallMode = InstallCustom/Publish Publish Dialog=CustomizeDlg Control=Next Event=NewDialog Value=VerifyReadyDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=VerifyReadyDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=CustomizeDlg Order=1WixUI_InstallMode = InstallCustom/Publish Publish Dialog=VerifyReadyDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=SetupTypeDlg Order=2WixUI_InstallMode = InstallTypical OR WixUI_InstallMode = InstallComplete/Publish Publish Dialog=VerifyReadyDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=CustomizeDlg Order=3WixUI_InstallMode = Change/Publish Publish Dialog=VerifyReadyDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=RemoveBookmarksDlg Order=4WixUI_InstallMode = Repair OR WixUI_InstallMode = Remove/Publish Publish Dialog=MaintenanceWelcomeDlg Control=Next Event=NewDialog Value=MaintenanceTypeDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=MaintenanceTypeDlg Control=ChangeButton Event=NewDialog Value=CustomizeDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=MaintenanceTypeDlg Control=RepairButton Event=NewDialog Value=RemoveBookmarksDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=MaintenanceTypeDlg Control=RemoveButton Event=NewDialog Value=RemoveBookmarksDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=MaintenanceTypeDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=MaintenanceWelcomeDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=RemoveBookmarksDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=MaintenanceTypeDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=RemoveBookmarksDlg Control=Next Event=NewDialog Value=VerifyReadyDlg1/Publish /UI UIRef Id=WixUI_Common / /Fragment /Wix -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Dunn Sent: Friday, 27 June 2008 5:14 p.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] optionally removing AppData folders createdby application, during uninstall I second this question. I am in the same boat. Adam, Do you use the WixUI or some custom UI?/Would you be able to post your code for the UI on uninstall? Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:10:48 +1200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] optionally removing AppData folders created by application, during uninstall Hi guys, I have been battling with this problem for a while. I have a .Net application which saves temporary data into AppData\Roaming\Bookmarks. This folder should not HAVE to be installed by the MSI as the app will create it when needed (but I've gotten to the stage of experimentation where it seems to be easier if it is created by the MSI - the installer seems to not want to remove folders it didn't create, no matter what I do). I want this folder (and all its contents) to be removed at uninstall if REMOVEBOOKMARKS=1 (I have created a custom dialog with a checkbox that lets the user selected during uninstall whether or not to delete these temporary files). If REMOVEBOOKMARKS=0, then I don't want to delete the folder (or its contents
Re: [WiX-users] possible bug
Hi Bob, The only registry entries are as following (*snip*) Action 13:22:14: InstallInitialize. Action start 13:22:14: InstallInitialize. Action ended 13:22:15: InstallInitialize. Return value 1. Action 13:22:15: ProcessComponents. Updating component registration Action start 13:22:15: ProcessComponents. Action 13:22:15: GenerateScript. Generating script operations for action: GenerateScript: Updating component registration Action ended 13:22:15: ProcessComponents. Return value 1. Action 13:22:15: MsiUnpublishAssemblies. Unpublishing assembly information Action start 13:22:15: MsiUnpublishAssemblies. Action ended 13:22:15: MsiUnpublishAssemblies. Return value 1. Action 13:22:15: UnpublishFeatures. Unpublishing Product Features Action start 13:22:15: UnpublishFeatures. Action ended 13:22:15: UnpublishFeatures. Return value 1. Action 13:22:15: RemoveRegistryValues. Removing system registry values Action start 13:22:15: RemoveRegistryValues. Action ended 13:22:15: RemoveRegistryValues. Return value 1. Action 13:22:15: RemoveFiles. Removing files Action start 13:22:15: RemoveFiles. Action ended 13:22:15: RemoveFiles. Return value 0. Action 13:22:15: InstallFiles. Copying new files Action start 13:22:15: InstallFiles. Action ended 13:22:15: InstallFiles. Return value 1. Action 13:22:15: WriteRegistryValues. Writing system registry values Action start 13:22:15: WriteRegistryValues. Action ended 13:22:15: WriteRegistryValues. Return value 1. Action 13:22:15: RegisterUser. Registering user Action start 13:22:15: RegisterUser. Action ended 13:22:15: RegisterUser. Return value 1. Action 13:22:15: RegisterProduct. Registering product Action start 13:22:15: RegisterProduct. RegisterProduct: Registering product Action ended 13:22:15: RegisterProduct. Return value 1. And, my MSI is installing a VS Package, so there are several registry modifications needed, none of which are showing up in the log... Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 www.seconag.com From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2007 5:43 p.m. To: Adam Langley Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] possible bug Adam Langley wrote: If I configure the File to place the dll in the GAC (vital/MSIL), because the file is no longer placed within the enclosing directory, the registry key is no longer created either. Should this really behave this way? Took me a while to find out what was going on, and I could only resolve it by either no putting the DLLs in the GAC, or by putting the registry keys and files in separate Component elements (of which I did the latter). Maybe. Does a verbose log show the registry entries at all? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] possible bug
Hi guys, I was wondering if the following behaviour is a bug or not (before I posted it to bug-track)... I have an MSI which places a single DLL on the filesystem, and some registry keys, both within the same 'directory' element, and within the same 'component' element. Ie (pseudo-xml) Directory Component File Source=MyAssembly.dll/ Registry/ /Component /Directory This works correctly, placing the file on the filesystem, and creating the registry key. HOWEVER: If I configure the File to place the dll in the GAC (vital/MSIL), because the file is no longer placed within the enclosing directory, the registry key is no longer created either. Should this really behave this way? Took me a while to find out what was going on, and I could only resolve it by either no putting the DLLs in the GAC, or by putting the registry keys and files in separate Component elements (of which I did the latter). Thanks! Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 http://www.seconag.com www.seconag.com - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Problem with WiX custom UI
Try running the MSI with msiexec.exe /l* setup.log /i MySetup.msi Then take a look at the log file, it should give you some clues as to whats going wrong. Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 www.seconag.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anidil Sent: Monday, 10 December 2007 10:02 p.m. To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Problem with WiX custom UI I'm trying to create a custom UI library customizing installDir sequence, changing the line Property Id=WixUI_InstallDirDlg_Next Value=VerifyReadyDlg / to Property Id=WixUI_InstallDirDlg_Next Value=ProgressDlg / so that i can directly get the progress dialog without waiting for the verifyReadyDlg. But when i run the built MSI, it errors out after the installDirDlg screen saying that the installer encountered an unexpected error and with error code 2856. Any help? can i not drop the verifyreadyDlg? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-WiX-custom-UI-tp14249305p14249305.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action
Thanks Stefan, I tried using that, and the Progress Text in the dialog shows Removing Backup Files during the execution of my slow custom action, it never renders my text... Heres what I have: CustomAction Id='DEVENV_SETUP' Property='DEVENV8' ExeCommand='/setup' Return='check' Execute='commit' Impersonate='no' / UI ProgressText Action=DEVENV_SETUPConfiguring Visual Studio... (this may take a few minutes)/ProgressText /UI InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=DEVENV_SETUP After=InstallFiles 1/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence My CA is definitely executing, I can see its process start and chew away at 15% CPU for 3-4 minutes, but the progress text just stays on Removing Backup Files... Thanks - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 www.seconag.com -Original Message- From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2007 8:26 p.m. To: Adam Langley Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action Hi Adam... You should use the ProgressText element ProgressText Action=YourCustomActionDescription of the custom action/ProgressText Of course you can also use the $(loc.LocalizedDescription) notation for the description (in conjunction with .wxl files) Regards Stefan Adam Langley wrote: Hi guys, I have a custom action which calls a batch file during installation, and it takes a couple of minutes to execute. How can I have the progress-text display “Executing real slow batch file now...this may take a while.” (or something (c; )? Is there a declarative way of describing this? Thanks - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd.* *A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 www.seconag.com http://www.seconag.com - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies s.r.o. | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | 811 03 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Main +421 2 5443-5502 | Direct +421 2 5930-0735 - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action
Thanks Daryn, that completely fixed my problem, cheers for the clear explanation aswell! Im always stumbling around exactly when I want to execute my custom actions. Is there a diagram somewhere listing all the install sequence execute events (InstallInitialize, InstallFinalize, etc etc) - in their executed order, explaining what they're doing? Also, if my CA uses Properties, at what point are the properties evaluated and assigned? For example, if I have a deferred CA, which gets passed the installation folder, its possible the CA gets queued before the property has been assigned (I've seen this before trying to use the Quiet Execute Action)... Thanks Regards, Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 www.seconag.com -Original Message- From: Daryn Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:29 a.m. To: 'Adam Langley'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action Adam Langley wrote: ... the Progress Text in the dialog shows Removing Backup Files during the execution of my slow custom action, it never renders my text ... CustomAction ... Execute='commit' ... / My guess: You should make your action be deferred instead of commit. a) Wix ProgressText maps to Windows Installer ActionText table (Wix.chm) b) Action text is only displayed for actions that run within the installation script. Therefore, action text is only displayed for actions that are sequenced between the InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize actions (Windows Installer docs for ActionText Table) c) Your action is a Commit CA. Commit custom actions run after InstallFinalize is finished. (Windows Installer docs for Commit Custom Actions). Therefore I figure the progress is not showing because you've made it a Commit action. Your symptom may have been useful because it raises the question, why is your CA a commit action, rather than deferred? - The purpose of commit actions is to remove any backup information that had been created by a custom action. (Installsite, http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/isnews/200108/index.htm) - That's exactly what you saw the WiX UI choose for the progress text during the commit phase, Removing Backup Files. So... would it be more appropriate for your CA to be a deferred action instead? If so, then you'll have solved your progress text too. Daryn. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] show progress text for custom action
Hi guys, I have a custom action which calls a batch file during installation, and it takes a couple of minutes to execute. How can I have the progress-text display Executing real slow batch file now...this may take a while. (or something (c; )? Is there a declarative way of describing this? Thanks - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 http://www.seconag.com www.seconag.com - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] special characters in Wix Product Name
Hi guys, I am building a Wix package, and my product name has a special character in it (Latin U with diaeresis Ü) I have tried both the actual character, and its entity equivalent (#0220;), but Windows Installer is always unable to render the character when the package starts up... Untitled.gif Can anyone point out what this is happening? Surely Windows Installer can render this character? Thanks - Adam Langley Ps: sorry about the image compressed it as much as I could (c; image001.gif- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] multiple language inside of a wix MSI
Is it possible to have a language dropdown selection as the first page in the MSI wizard, which changes the locale used for the UI? I have played with localizing MSIs but this all seems to be auto-detected, and non-modifiable after the MSI has begun executing. Thanks - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 http://www.seconag.com www.seconag.com - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] creating INF files
Hi Guys, A question with a simple answer I'm sure. What is the format for creating an INF file to prepopulate the public properties (theres a mouthful) of an MSI package? And, does the MSI automatically look for INF files with the same name as the currently executing MSI? I do I need to start the MSI on the command line and pass it the INF as an argument. I just want to set the default property value for different environments by having several different INF files for a single MSI package. Thanks! - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 http://www.seconag.com www.seconag.com - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Creating a folder with permissions of a new user
I am writing an installer where I need to create a folder, and install a windows service - each to have permissions of a new User that I create during the install. However, it appears during the sanity checking period of the install. The CreateFolder element fails because the user does not yet exist. Can anyone help? This is a sample of my XML !-this is outside the component -- util:Group Id=UsersGroup Name=Users / !-this is all inside of the component -- util:User Id=MyUser CreateUser=yes CanNotChangePassword=yes Name=MyUser Password=myuser RemoveOnUninstall=yes PasswordNeverExpires=yes Domain=[MachineName] util:GroupRef Id=UsersGroup / /util:User CreateFolder Directory='MYPDFFOLDER' Permission User='MyUser' CreateFile='yes' Read='yes' WriteExtendedAttributes='yes'/ /CreateFolder Thanks! - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 http://www.seconag.com www.seconag.com - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] dependent features
I have a deployment project which is deploying 3 websites, and some assemblies into the GAC. 2 of the websites require the GAC assemblies, 1 does not. How do I configure these 4 features so that if either (or both) of the 2 websites that needs the GAC feature is chosen for installation, then the UI forces the user to select the GAC feature aswell? But if only the website that doesn't need the GAC assemblies is chosen, the GAC feature is allowed to be disabled. Is there a standard way to approach this type of 'inter-feature dependencies'? Thanks - Adam Langley - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] automatic uninstallation of previous version
Hi guys, Can anyone tell me if there is a simple XML element I can add to my WXS file to automatically uninstall previous versions of a product, before executing the install procedure? I would like the user not to have to go to 'add/remove programs'... Thanks - Adam Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 http://www.seconag.com www.seconag.com - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
